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Yu-Nan Chen (陳宥男)

4×4 · top 0.78% of 83,917 all-time · competing since December 2020 · 2020CHEN37

Yu-Nan Chen (陳宥男) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 25.32, set at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026, puts him in the top 0.78% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Chinese Taipei. Until January 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since December 2020, he has put 716 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.95 in December 2020 to 7.14, a 35% improvement. He has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.78% of 83,917 all-time
25.32
signature single · Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026
716
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
4×425.3231.86
top 0.78%23 / 1,078
3×37.148.34
top 1.5%82 / 4,213
3×3 one-handed10.7715.20
top 1.6%20 / 802
5×551.5756.03
top 2.2%39 / 639
Skewb3.005.14
top 5.0%51 / 699
Pyraminx3.475.16
top 5.3%86 / 1,016
2×22.192.83
top 6.1%161 / 1,669
Square-113.9618.29
top 14.0%66 / 323
6×62:09.582:34.47
top 15.1%91 / 292
Megaminx1:10.161:20.82
top 15.7%90 / 362
Clock9.1510.79
top 20.8%83 / 366
7×75:07.41—
early days — 1 solve175 / 252

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Taiwan Championship 2020: 10.95Welcome Back Kaohsiung 2021: 11.85Taiwan Open 2022: 8.16Kaohsiung Winter Open 2022: 9.21Chiayi Open 2022: 8.44Pingtung Summer Open 2022: 8.71Maru Cube Day 2022: 7.91Taiwan Championship 2022: 9.18Taichung Open 2023: 8.29Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023: 8.11Maru Cube Day 2023: 8.31Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.03Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024: 7.14Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024: 8.02Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026: 7.91Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026: 7.527.1411.8518 Dec 20209 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.